New York: P.J. Kenedy and Sons, 1955. First American edition. Octavo, original brown cloth, original dust jacket. Early owner signature to free front endpaper, modest edge-wear to dust jacket. A nearly-fine copy. "THE GOLDEN STRING IS CHRIST; HE IS THE CLUE TO THE CENTRE" First American edition of Bede Griffiths'..... More
New York: Pellegrini and Cudahy, 1939. First American edition. Octavo, original burnt orange cloth, bottom edge uncut, original dust jacket. Book fine, dust jacket with small creased tear to top rear panel, very faint toning to spine and edges. A handsome copy. "THE HEAVENLY SECRETS OPENED UPON THEM, AND THERE..... More
London: Geoffrey Bless, 1955. Octavo, original pale gray cloth, yellow top edge, original dust jacket. A nearly-fine book, small closed tear at top of front panel, trace of wear to spine ends and corners. An excellent copy. "I GAVE IN, AND ADMITTED THAT GOD WAS GOD, AND KNELT AND PRAYED"..... More
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, [1956]. Octavo, original black cloth, original dust jacket. Small owner label to corner of blank flyleaf, blank pocket on rear flyleaf, small bookseller's label to rear pastedown, slight toning and creasing to spine of bright, clean, unclipped dust jacket. Very good indeed. "TO FORBID..... More
New York: Macmillan Publishing Company, 1978. First edition thus. Octavo, original purple cloth over lavender boards, original dust jacket. Upper right corner bumped. About-fine. "AS MY WHIMSICAL LORD TAKES ME" First Macmillan edition of these "simple, powerful reflections on the human condition in the scientific age," a splendid introduction to..... More